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now that standard has been shaken up and the banning of stoneforge mystic and Jace is now official, I thought it is time to make some new innovations. Valakut and Splinter Twin will be the 2 dominate decks now, so this is what I came up with to take to the next standard tournament starting July 1. note - this is a more aggro/midrange approach to BUG. There are few counters. the vengevine/fauna shaman combo can be traded out for liliana vess, preordain, mana leak, or explore. Also, wurmcoil engine can be main-decked to help deal with aggro. This is just a shell and has not been tested yet, but it is something different, and i do feel like blue can still be a legitimate threat even though we lost possibly the best blue card ever printed. (besides force of will and of course the eternally banned cards). let me know your thoughts! love to hear your opinion
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i like the deck, although in the side board you should take out an obstinate baloth for another life's finale. look at my BUG deck. its not standard, but it works. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=199460
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do you like the life's finale over the alternative black sun's zenith or consume the meek for this deck?
I hate marth btw, j/k, um I would switch bout the despise for duress, -2 deprive +2 mana leak. I would get rid of the jaces and 2 lands maybe and add in 4 preordains.
I know mana leak and preordain are completely amazing, and if i wasnt running the vengevine/fauna/birds i know i would have 4 of each. I guess i made this one to be a more tap out version. and if i had counters i wanted them to be hard counters. As for the duress over despise, i understand why you would want that with caw/blade and splinter twin, but honestly i think against valakut i would rather hit the titans than the ramp. Also gideon is going to come back since aggro will make a comeback and he is always a threat for midrange/aggro decks. i definitely would want duress if everyone was still playing SFM/Batterskull, but now i feel like i'd rather hit the creatures. It all depends on what people end up playing honestly, so i'll keep an eye out and may make the changes if thats the way the meta goes. I appreciate your input dentaform! do you think it would better to go to a more control-oriented BUG build than this vengevine one?
Yeah bc vengivine isn't all that useful unless you're runnin aggro and since it's difficult to cast two titans, etc i think you would benefit more from say a more control basis or run more cheaper creatures. I think vengs really have alot of power in WG quest. A deck that can be very powerful very fast.